Williams' Fenway Park Fanfare

Can someone explain to me the main page's news about Williams Fenway piece. It says his "compilation." Does that mean composition? And it says he will record it in front of a private audience. Does that mean the piece is being performed in front of guests, recorded, or both. Perhaps I am just too tired, but the wording seems confusing at best.

Ricard, thank you for the update, as well as the intial information. Hopefully the piece will get a fairly public audition at the start of the season. It has been a while since we had a celebration/concert fanfare from Williams--I look forward to it.

Awesome! I hope we get this soon! But the article is really poorly written, for a number of reasons.

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"We pop out and come into the world and music is there. We didn't invent it - it's all organised in the atmosphere by divinity or whatever. It's a miracle." - John Williams-

I think music is a stream of some kind. It could be blood. It could be water. It could be ether. Whatever it is it seems to be a living, organic force that’s in motion, that serves humanity and is part of humanity and part of what describes us as humans. We sing, play, dance, all the things that we do. And there is a vibrant and great literature we have been given. ... As musicians, we join the stream. We swim in the stream with all the other millions of music makers. It’s a life force, a strong one, surrounding us and we are part of it. -John Williams-

Sounds great! I love how Williams uses 2 percussionists--exactly enough to get a good boom-tzzz in there.

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Great! Reminds me of the legendary Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare by Richard Strauss which is of similar length and instrumentation (six trumpets, eight horns, six trombones, two tubas, two timpani). For who's interested:

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I had no idea that Williams' mother was from Boston but again it would in part explain why the Maestro seems to love the city so dearly.

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"We pop out and come into the world and music is there. We didn't invent it - it's all organised in the atmosphere by divinity or whatever. It's a miracle." - John Williams-

I think music is a stream of some kind. It could be blood. It could be water. It could be ether. Whatever it is it seems to be a living, organic force that’s in motion, that serves humanity and is part of humanity and part of what describes us as humans. We sing, play, dance, all the things that we do. And there is a vibrant and great literature we have been given. ... As musicians, we join the stream. We swim in the stream with all the other millions of music makers. It’s a life force, a strong one, surrounding us and we are part of it. -John Williams-

One can just hope that he lives that longer, in healthy form!
On a side note, for some reason, I was under the impression that the late mommy Williams was from Bangor, Maine. Or maybe was his father...

Miguel Andrade[url="http://johnwilliams.jw-music.net/index.html"]http://johnwilliams.jw-music.net/index.html[/url]e-mail: miguel.jw@gmail.com----------------------"I owe a tremendous debt of gratitute do John Williams. Without his music, Superman's powers are greatly deminished. Believe me, if you try to fly without that theme, you go nowhere... one step, two steps and... down!" -- Christopher Reeve, May 1993"John Williams will go down as one of the greatest composers." -- Leonard Slatkin, american conductor"Ah yes, the Olympics. The quadrennial event where composer John Williams collects a hefty royalty check from NBC.""Music is not a luxury but a necessity" - Robert Shaw"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." -- Albert Einstein

It's a great little story isn't it ? Let's hope the 'Fanfare for Fenway' is made available as a download.

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One can just hope that he lives that longer, in healthy form!On a side note, for some reason, I was under the impression that the late mommy Williams was from Bangor, Maine. Or maybe was his father...

His father was Stephen King?

Miguel Andrade[url="http://johnwilliams.jw-music.net/index.html"]http://johnwilliams.jw-music.net/index.html[/url]e-mail: miguel.jw@gmail.com----------------------"I owe a tremendous debt of gratitute do John Williams. Without his music, Superman's powers are greatly deminished. Believe me, if you try to fly without that theme, you go nowhere... one step, two steps and... down!" -- Christopher Reeve, May 1993"John Williams will go down as one of the greatest composers." -- Leonard Slatkin, american conductor"Ah yes, the Olympics. The quadrennial event where composer John Williams collects a hefty royalty check from NBC.""Music is not a luxury but a necessity" - Robert Shaw"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." -- Albert Einstein

Wow, that's a really neat look into Williams' personal life. Also, I wonder if anybody will record the fanfare this Friday?

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BOSTON -- During Friday's gala pregame celebration, the Red Sox will encapsulate a century of Fenway Park into one day and one heck of a 37,000-seat ballpark.All living Red Sox uniformed personnel whom the team could track down were invited to participate in Friday's ceremony, which is scheduled to start a little after 2 p.m. ET. The pregame ceremony will air live on redsox.com and MLB.com....The Red Sox announced some of what will happen on Thursday. The rest -- like the details of the first-pitch ceremony -- are being kept secret.Here's what's known: John Williams, who's composed a gaggle of famous cinema scores, will conduct the Boston Pops in the debut of his new composition, "Fanfare for Fenway." The Pops' regular conductor, Keith Lockhart, will conduct for the national anthem. There will be a flyover with two modern planes -- F-16s -- and two World War II-era P-51 Mustangs. The stars and stripes will be draped over the Green Monster.

I'm not sure I'll be at home at that time, so hopefully someone can record the stream?

Miguel Andrade[url="http://johnwilliams.jw-music.net/index.html"]http://johnwilliams.jw-music.net/index.html[/url]e-mail: miguel.jw@gmail.com----------------------"I owe a tremendous debt of gratitute do John Williams. Without his music, Superman's powers are greatly deminished. Believe me, if you try to fly without that theme, you go nowhere... one step, two steps and... down!" -- Christopher Reeve, May 1993"John Williams will go down as one of the greatest composers." -- Leonard Slatkin, american conductor"Ah yes, the Olympics. The quadrennial event where composer John Williams collects a hefty royalty check from NBC.""Music is not a luxury but a necessity" - Robert Shaw"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." -- Albert Einstein